Joobin Bekhrad talks to LA-based producer, composer, and DJ Bei Ru about his newly-released second album, Saturday Night at the Magic Lamp
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Syrian Blues
Ian Nagoski delves into the musical history of New York City’s Middle Eastern community in the early 20th century and the story of one of its all-but-forgotten virtuosos
Negotiating Cultural Territories
A review of Mizrahi music in Israel and its current role in the struggle for the recognition and legitimacy of Arabo-Jewish heritage and identity therein
Cheikh, Rattle and Roll
A chat with record producer and audiophile Dave Murray about a recent compilation of ‘raw’ tracks from the ‘Golden Age’ of the Moroccan record industry
Farsi Funk, Bosphorus Beats
‘The freakier, the funkier, the more far-out, and the fuzzier, the better …’ - examining the recent surge of interest in the sound of 60s & 70s Iran and Turkey
Strange Vibes from the Levant
Asma Ghanem talks to six musicians from the Levant and Egypt about their work, their influences, and the state of experimental music in the Arab world
Waiting for the Sun
‘Day and night I tore myself to shreds so the sun would come …’ - a reflection on Hamed Nikpay’s performance at the Tirgan Iranian Festival
Null: A Persian Tale
‘… That lonely one turned his head to the vernal moon above, whispering softly, ‘My silent city – where art the soul of thy springs?’
A Soul Aflame
A review of Sashar Zarif and Alim Qasimov’s bold new take on the art of mugham, with a look at the history and culture of Azerbaijan
Iraq is the Bomb
‘It is our time as Arabs. Arab will be the new cool’ - Megan Bénéat-Donald in conversation with Iraqi-Canadian musician The Narcicyst